QUIRKY Crossley trained galloper Mister Dynamix faces his toughest task on Saturday at Caulfield but popular trainer Quinton Scott hopes the lightly raced five-year-old is up to the challenge.
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Mister Dynamix, who won his last start at Ballarat, lines up against 15 rivals in a restricted race over 1400 metres.
Scott said Mister Dynamix had improved with the Ballarat victory under his belt.
"This is Mister Dynamix's toughest test," he said.
"It's a very strong field on Saturday but we'll have a throw at the stumps. I'm quietly confident he'll run very well. I've got a high opinion of Mister Dynamix.
"He's a quirky sort of galloper who has been slow maturing but he's just starting to put in all together now.
"He's had the three runs from a spell. I don't think he had the best of luck in his first two runs but made up for those efforts with a strong win at Ballarat last time. He's trained on very well from his Ballarat win."
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Veteran jockey Craig Robertson, who rode Mister Dynamix to his Ballarat victory, rides the rising six-year-old on Saturday.
"Craig has a great understanding of the horse," Scott said.
"Craig rode Mister Dynamix perfectly last time. I don't have to load Craig with instructions. I'll only be asking him to have the horse on the pace. I feel that his best racing style is having him in a forward position."
Scott is toying with the idea Mister Dynamix could run in the $500,000 benchmark 80 Country Final over 1600 metres at the Flemington Carnival on November 4.
"I'm quietly confident he'll run out a strong 1600 metres which is the distance of the Country Final," he said.
"Saturday's race at Caulfield is a stepping stone to the rich race at Flemington.
"We've got to get some points on the board to get a run. It's just a wait and see at this stage but in an ideal world the $500,000 race is in our plans. We'll have a clearer idea after Saturday which path we go down in the future."
From his ten starts Mister Dynamix has won four races and earnt more then $83,000 in prizemoney for his connections.
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